title: Surgical repair of a cause of sudden death: left coronary artery originating from right coronary sinus.
abstract: Left coronary artery originating from the right coronary sinus is one of the most frequent causes of sudden death in young people. We present a reconstructive surgical technique for left coronary artery and main pulmonary artery in a case with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right coronary sinus. A 15-year-old boy underwent unroofing of the left main coronary artery and patch arterioplasty with autologous pericardium after transection of the main pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery was reconstructed with autologous pericardium and a piece of dacron patch in order to prevent coronary artery compression. This surgical approach resulted in successful clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayyar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarioglu
authors.forename: Yusuf Kenan
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yalcinbas
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erek
authors.forename: Ece
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salihoglu
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Turkekul
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buyukasik
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarioglu
keywords: congenital heart disease (CHD); congenital heart surgery; coronary artery anomaly; coronary artery surgery